Our Team
Portfolio Management
Andrew
Davidson
Neil Powers,
CFA
Richard Ellson,
Ph.D
Analysts
William Searle -
Quantitative Analyst
Franzi Dickson -
Quantitative Analyst
Sales and Marketing
Jennifer Constine
Administration
Richard Scott
Andrew Davidson -
Chief Investment Officer
Andrew Davidson is co-founder and CIO of at Vectors Research
Management, LLC. Mr Davidson is also President and founder of
AD&Co., a leading developer and provider of MBS/ABS
analytical tools. AD&Co provides consulting advice on risk
management, security valuation, and investment strategies for a
broad range of financial institutions.
Prior to AD&Co he worked for six years at
Merrill Lynch, where he was a Managing Director in charge of a staff
of 60 financial and systems analysts. In this role, he developed
sophisticated analytical tools, including prepayment and
option-adjusted spread models, as well as sophisticated portfolio
analysis tools. He initiated a comprehensive set of investor-oriented
publications and established groups of specialized analysts to advise
traders, sales people and investors. He has an extensive trading desk
background and experience in risk management roles. Andrew began his
financial career as an analyst in Exxon's Treasurer's Department. He
received an MBA in Finance at the University of Chicago and a BA in
Mathematics and Physics at Harvard.
Neil Powers, CFA - Portfolio Manager
Neil Powers is a co-founder and Portfolio Manager at Vectors
Research Management, LLC. He has over 20 years of portfolio
management experience within Fixed Income Institutional accounts
and Mutual Funds. Prior to Vectors, Mr. Powers worked at Putnam
Investments for 12 years, where he was a Senior Portfolio Manager
for Core and Core Plus Institutional accounts and the Lead
Portfolio Manager for the Putnam family of Multi-Sector Bond
mutual funds. He started at Putnam Investments as a quantitative
analyst building yield curve and sector relative value
models.
Mr. Powers served as the Director of Fixed Income for 7 years at
Crestar Asset Management Co. and Co-Head of Fixed Income at
Trusco Capital Management Co. Neil managed Institutional
accounts, Government, and Multi-Sector bond Mutual funds. Neil is
a CFA, and graduated from West Virginia University with a BS in
Finance specializing in securities and investments.
Richard Ellson, Ph. D - Portfolio Manager/Trader Credit
Strategies
Rick has been involved in the fixed income markets for over 20
years. In his current position, he is responsible for analyzing
and trading MBS/ABS, primarily credit sensitive assets. Rick is
focused in portfolio analysis for major financial institutions
for risk management and OTTI purposes. Prior to VRM, he was the
senior prime whole loan portfolio manager at Washington Mutual
Bank. He was also the head of fixed income trading at the
Hartford Investment Management Company and head of MBS/ABS
research at CS First Boston and UBS. At HypoVereinsbank, he
structured CMBS, aircraft leasing, and future flow transactions.
Prior to Wall Street, he was a tenured university professor at
the University of South Carolina and has published in major
economics journals.
William Searle - Quantitative
Analyst
Will has been an analyst at VRM since July 2007. His work focuses
on validating the company's proprietary credit models and
software, and using them to analyze the credit-worthiness of
RMBS. Prior to joining Vectors, he developed software at
Vectors' sister company, Andrew Davidson & Co., Inc. Will
received a BS in Computer Science and BA in Mathematics from Duke
University. He expects to receive a MS in Mathematics of Finance
from New York University in 2009.
Franzi Dickson - Quuantitative Analyst
Frainzi joined VRM in 2006 as an analyst focused on trade,
settlement, accounting, and operations. She generates analysis on
valuations for client portfolios, and provides analytics on
individual securities. Franzi previously worked in Japan teaching
english after graduating from Swarthmore College in 2003 with a
BA in Linguistics.
Jennifer Constine -
Portfolio Analyst
Jennifer Constine joined VRM in 2010 as a portfolio analyst. She has over 20 years of portfolio management experience in the fixed income markets. Prior to VRM, she worked at Trusco Capital Management where she was responsible for discretionary intermediate fixed income management and client relationships for pension, foundation, endowment, corporate and mutual fund assets. Assets under her management totaled approximately $ 400 million. Jennifer was also involved in designing and implementing portfolio trading and analytical systems designed to facilitate portfolio adjustments while maintaining client curve, quality and maturity restrictions. Prior to Trusco, Jennifer worked as an account executive with E.F. Hutton and as a wholesaler of limited partnerships for Angeles Corporation. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia.
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